The European mining revival strategy: Between sovereignty imperative and climate narrative

Le Berre, Sylvain; Chailleux, Sébastien; Buu-Sao, Doris

Document type :

Autre communication scientifique (congrès sans actes - poster - séminaire...): Autre communication scientifique

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/116956

Title :

The European mining revival strategy: Between sovereignty imperative and climate narrative

Author(s) :

Le Berre, Sylvain [Auteur]
Chailleux, Sébastien [Auteur]
Buu-Sao, Doris [Auteur]

Conference title :

Critical minerals workshop

City :

Bruxelles

Country :

Belgique

Start date of the conference :

2023-10-04

Keyword(s) :

Mining Industry
Mining revival
European policy
Sovereignty
Climate Action

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

English abstract : [en]

The European mining revival strategy correlates with the agenda of transition to a \u201Cgreen\u201D and \u201Cclimate-friendly\u201D economy. In this article we focus on the climatization of extractive discourses and ...
Show more >The European mining revival strategy correlates with the agenda of transition to a \u201Cgreen\u201D and \u201Cclimate-friendly\u201D economy. In this article we focus on the climatization of extractive discourses and practices in Europe, France, and Andalusia in order to show the changes in discourses while noting the continuity of practices. While discourse justifying the mining revival is circulating within Europe, the operationalization of extractive reindustrialization is materializing in different ways across the Member States, revealing specific constraints and dynamics at regional level. In Spain, for example, more than a dozen mining projects have been launched since the late 2000s, particularly in Andalusia, where reindustrialization has been associated with greening and climatization. In France, where ecologization and reindustrialization have been integrated into discourse on securing sovereignty, none of the projects submitted over the last decade have been successful, which highlights the difficulty of reconciling greening, climatization, and extractive reindustrialization. We show that the climatization of the extractive industries in Europe largely remains a discursive process that does little to transform mining practices and activities \u2013 other than by contributing to legitimizing their redevelopment, under certain conditions which we highlight.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Submission date :

2024-09-17T10:44:34Z

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